Spain: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Benalmádena, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Benalmádena: 1,684 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 33°, facing south (PVGIS). 4.2% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #23 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 51.1% more here.

Benalmádena is in the province of Málaga, Andalusia. Population 58,854 (GeoNames). 240 m above sea level. 6 km away: Mijas, the nearest bigger city, 1,620 kWh/kWp — 3.9% more here. 5.16 m between rows, pitch 9.17 m, GCR 0.52 (latitude 36.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,684kWh/year
Tilt
33°facing south
10 kW
16,838kWh/year
Row pitch
9.17m · GCR 0.52
Rank in the country
23of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Benalmádena

Latitude 36.6°: the tilt and the row pitch follow it. Enter the snow and wind for Spain in the designer, by the national annex to the Eurocode.

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Yield by month

117Jan115Feb142Mar147Apr164May163Jun169Jul165Aug148Sep133Oct113Nov108Dec

July: 169 kWh/kWp, December: 108 — 1.6 times less.

November: 113 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 9.7% more.

Benalmádena: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
58,419845540
1016,8381,6901,080
1525,2572,5351,620

Snow and wind loads

Snow and wind loads for a site in Spain follow CTE DB SE-AE (Spain’s Código Técnico de la Edificación) and, where the Eurocodes are applied, UNE-EN 1991-1-3 and UNE-EN 1991-1-4 with the Spanish National Annex. Solispec computes loads by the Ukrainian DBN V.1.2-2 only, so this page shows no snow or wind values for Spain: enter the characteristic values from these documents in the designer’s «Own snow S0» and «Own wind W0» fields.

The frame calculation for such a site is preliminary: before installation it must be checked by an engineer who works to the country’s standards.

Nearby cities

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Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.